Eminem's former childhood home at 19946 Dresden on Detroit's east side was demolished Wednesday by the State of Michigan.
The bungalow-style home between 8 Mile and 7 Mile roads sat on a street with more than 70 vacant dwellings and was damaged by a Nov. 7 fire.
Crews started tearing down the home Wednesday morning and are expected to be finished with debris removal at the lot by the end of this month.
A press release sent to MLive from the Michigan Land Bank, the state agency that owns the property, described the rapper's home as "structurally unsafe" after the blaze.
"The condition of the property post-fire presents a safety hazard that the Land Bank is responsible for removing," Michigan Land Bank director Kim Homan said in a statement. "The goal is to demolish and clean up the site, so neighborhood safety and order can be restored."
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Fire burned the boyhood home of Detroit-area rapper Eminem, sending flames shooting from the boarded-up bungalow pictured on the musician’s latest LP, “The Marshall Mathers LP 2.”
The Detroit Fire Department responded to the blaze at 19946 Dresden Street near East State Fair, just south of 8 Mile, at 6:20 p.m. Thursday, Senior Chief Jack Wiley said.
When crews from Engine 60 arrived, fire was coming out a window on the second floor of the two-story bungalow, according to a firefighter at the scene. Firefighters were able to put out the blaze, which damaged portions of the top floor. The fire department did not have any information on a cause.
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